Peter Johnson

I'm...so...scared...

This must be greazzzy...

And that, in a nutshall and my (not so?) humble opinion, is exactly what's made this place so fuckin' cool. I'll drink to that, Jim!

Jim--I want to respond to your comment because I'm firmly in the "no censorship" camp. And with all due respect, in response to your comment, that even goes for "graphic pictures of bloody fetuses." I wouldn't like it, and probably wouldn't comment on it; but speaking for myself, when I say I'm firmly anti-censorship, I mean I'm anti-censorship regardless of the topic. This is not a snippy response to bait someone into testing my personal wish that the board remain censorship free (I mean, I also abide by the "just don't go there" policy more often than not when it comes to controversial threads/topics); and I believe the judicially-administered fist of doom serves a purpose; just wanted to give you my point of view and back up my previous call for keeping the board as is. Peter

Got a backup of about 25 sides of wax. For me, the records stack up quicker--living in a house in the middle of the city with a very narrow mailslot, I have stuff delivered to work. When CDs arrive, I rip those damn things open (can barely contain myself ) and jam them in my work computer. This has, however, prejudiced my initial reaction to some discs--hearing, say, Bob Belden's Black Dahlia (LOVE that record! ) for the first time on my P.C.'s 2" woofer/tweeter/midrange all in one MONO speaker was, uhhh...UNDERWHELMING. But it's my sanctuary to listen to vinyl at home, so when I go on a trip (Seattle, last) and get the hook up with some tasty sides (Midnight Blue first press mono $5.99! LeGrand Jazz first press mono $3.00! Pharaoah Sanders Elevation, $4.99!) they sometimes have to wait a while... Peter

Gino's still out there!!! Gino's Official Site!

Agree. PLEASE keep it as is. The early vestiges of censorship, posting rules, word choice and other onerous restrictions are precisely what killed the other board from a time long ago and a galaxy far away. This board is the **** as is--if it ain't broke, don't ******* fix it! (see how much that totally ******* *****?) Peter P.S. Yes, I added the asterisks!!!

Normal's Record and Book store. I got a great haul of first and second press blue notes there one winter ; unfortunately, I've struck out every time I've been back (twice, now). Don't know their address, but you can phone them on 410-243-6888. Peter

I, too, enjoy the added material--not necessarily more than the original, but in a different way, and equally well. There's something super smoove about it, not sure what--and it's hard to imagine it came from the same session; but the vibe is there, and heavy. I love it! As another person who's on a Sounds jag, I'm currently thoroughly enjoying my recent acquisition--both volumes of "Live at the It Club". At the same time inspired and cautioned by comments from another thread, I picked it up and really enjoy it. Great liner notes as well--it was interesting that the "it Club" sessions represented somewhat of a return to the roots for Harris, particularly having just wrapped three "orchestral" records for Blue Note--Coldwater Flat and two others I can't recall at the moment (Soul ___???). I've never heard those records--Dan Gould, can you shed any light? but the reconstituted Sounds were in the pocket at the It Club--yet another reason I feel I was born too early!!! Peter

Jim, I can get with that! One of my favorite songs is "It just Wanna Stop" by Gino...he was playing here in Philly recently, didn't quite make it to the show, though!

Michael Jackson everything from Off the Wall through Bad. Can't get enough of that Quincy-produced shizzit!

Hey, Jazzmoose--I got all four of your PM's! And, probably doing the same thing, Conn5000 will have about 5-10 identical PM's from me!!! Peter J

PM's don't seem to be working. I'm getting a "mail failure" or other such error...and got four identical PM's from another member!

Jim, I think that's the way I'm going to go, despite all the other great suggestions. Adding a burner, usb shit, etc. to this Inspiron is going to be like putting cologne on a pig . And we need to upgrade anyway. Thanks, everyone, for your thoughts--and Dan, the minute I get a burner, I'll let you know so I can moderate a blindfold test!!! PJ

Thanks guys--I knew folks here would have thoughts on this! Okay--a couple of follow-up questions. My USB action is dodgy--I have a port, but it's unreliable. I've NEVER been able to troubleshoot it. Sooooooo.... Can I connect a CD burner and/or external hard drive via a) ethernet pc card; B) serial port; or c) parallel port? And... Is 80mb of RAM enough capacity to convince my OS (Windows 98 first edition) to run a CD burner? After these questions, I'm laying odds that the next response is going to be, "Buy a new fecking computer!!!!!!!!!!" Thanks again, Peter EDITED to say that a quick search on ecost.com showed me a 2-port USB PCMCIA card for 40 bucks, spyder slim external burner for 100 bucks, and a small 40GB hard drive for 120 bucks. Under $300 to make my computer do everything I want? I can dig it--if you guys concur with this solution!

My wife and I use a 1996 Dell Inspiron laptop as our primary (only!!!) home computer. With DSL, it's great online; and suffices for the rest of our stuff. But as it's aged, and programs have gotten more complicated, the 2G hard drive is filling up. In addition, since we've gone digitial (photography), all of our pictures are stored on the hard drive with, I'm ashamed to say, no backup! Can't burn the files to a CD (see the blindfold test thread ) because I don't have a burner, and I don't have a tape drive or anything. Many files are now bigger than one floppy (!), and that's slow and cumbersome anyway. I know there has to be some kind of web-based storage service. I'm looking for a situation where I can have an allotment of, say, 10 gigs, where I can store pictures, documents and other things as a backup. Not necessarily a mirror of my current configuration (although that'd be nice), but files. Does anyone know of or have any recommendations for such a service? Thanks in advance for your thoughts!

*blows dust off his copy of Blue John* FINE. I'm flying to Seattle this afternoon, so I will listen to this on the trip and post some thoughts about it, for any interested, when I return. I mean, 400 some-odd board members can't be wrong, right?

This shit is TOO CRAZY! I haven't thought about that game, Commodores, Vic 20's, Radio Shack, whatever, in years! Thanks for giving me the opportunity to geek out with y'all. Jim, we need a geek'ed out smiley!!!

Back at ya! PJ

Just placed an order (thanks, Cheap-CDs.com!) for McDuff, "Moonrappin'" Gene Harris and the Three Sounds, "Live at the It Club" v. 1 & 2 Bob Belden, "Black Dahlia" Can't wait to get them!!!

Hey Jazzmoose--check your p.m.'s! PJ

Berigan said, Hmmmm, I resemble that comment...

If I can't stand Lush Life and have to sell it, this thread must be deleted at once (or the street price of Lush Life will continue to plummet!) OKAY, back to our regularly scheduled thread. How about this: Herbie Hancock, "The Prisoner", three stars? What the feck? This is definitely a 4-star session. And check it: Riiiiiiiight. Meanders? Come on. IMHO Prisoner is intricately and meticulously arranged, and I don't think it meanders at all. Is that docking Herbie the star? But it's another one that REALLY gives me consternation. Bennie Maupin, "Slow Traffic to the Right"--TWO STARS!!! Shitefeckers! That is definitely a 3.5-4-star record; very greazzy, with some nice slow early electric funk jams with Bennie moving seamlessly from bass clarinet to sax. Pity it's not available on CD. "I'd love to give the world a burn"--sorry, Coke--if only I had a burner.

Vibes said, Vibes, when I first heard this record, I had the same reaction. Not nearly as strong in "dislike" as "A New Perspective," but a similar "why can't they at least try to sing words?" I can appreciate the vocal skills, but it just wasn't my thing. BUT! Whereas "Perspective" has not grown on me too much (other than the great cover), I've really grown to enjoy "All That's Good"--probably because it contains some solid grooves and isn't quite as "heavy" as "Perspective." Maybe give it a couple more spins--try to get beyond the vocals?

Fine. Be that way! I'll listen to Blue John to reevaluate and perhaps I will be made to eat crow tomorrow! But hopefully no -_- will be occurring!